{"id":842,"date":"2020-03-29T22:09:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T22:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.idina-here.com\/press\/?p=842"},"modified":"2020-03-30T20:27:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T20:27:28","slug":"billboard-year-in-music-2014-how-the-frozen-soundtrack-became-the-top-selling-album-of-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idina-here.com\/press\/billboard-year-in-music-2014-how-the-frozen-soundtrack-became-the-top-selling-album-of-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Billboard Year in Music 2014: How the &#8216;Frozen&#8217; Soundtrack Became the Top-Selling Album of 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Showstoppers<\/strong><br \/>\nThe <em>Frozen<\/em> Soundtrack<br \/>\n13 Weeks on Billboard 200<\/p>\n<p>In a particularly cold climate? for music sales, <em>Frozen<\/em> broke virtually every Hollywood rule &#8212; no &#8220;prince charming&#8221; narrative or genre trends &#8212; to become the year\u2019s biggest \u00adphenomenon. The soundtrack moved more than 3 million copies, making it the best-selling album of 2014, and produced an out-of-the-box hit for Idina Menzel\u2019s &#8220;Let It Go,&#8221; which surpassed a pop version by Demi Lovato to become the first original Disney song to reach the Hot 100\u2019s top 10 since 1995.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Idina Menzel, cast member, Elsa; performer, &#8220;Let It Go&#8221;:<\/strong> Early on, the Elsa character was written as this very conventional nemesis in a Disney movie, this witchy character. The credit is with the Lopezes, who got this idea and wrote a song about her powers and embracing who she is and being comfortable with how to harness her power.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert Lopez, co-writer, &#8220;Let It Go&#8221;; soundtrack composer:<\/strong>Elsa\u2019s situation reminded me of the first time you fail a test as a straight-A student and everything goes out the window.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kristen Anderson-Lopez, co-writer, &#8220;Let It Go&#8221;; soundtrack composer:<\/strong> I took that further to reflect how women feel every day, that we\u2019re under so much scrutiny to be thin and perfect.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Menzel:<\/strong> It showed this strong female character with a sense of self, but ?also emphasized to young girls how to find that voice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Showstoppers The Frozen Soundtrack 13 Weeks on Billboard 200 In a particularly cold climate? for music sales, Frozen broke virtually every Hollywood rule &#8212; no &#8220;prince charming&#8221; narrative or genre trends &#8212; to become the year\u2019s biggest \u00adphenomenon. 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